840.48 Refugees/818: Telegram
The Ambassador in Germany (Wilson) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 15—8:50 a.m.]
549. Respecting Rublee’s visit. During the last few days I have been making soundings respecting proper moment for Rublee’s visit. Only very recently I learned through the British Ambassador of the message sent by the President of the United States to the British Prime Minister and the latter’s reply.
Both Henderson and I now feel that the time is as advantageous as it will be presumably for a long time and that therefore we should at once bring up the matter with the German officials. Henderson is going on leave to England Wednesday morning, hence desires urgently to make his visit to the Foreign Office early next week.
We both plan to leave memoranda giving the history of Intergovernmental Committee, et cetera, the memoranda to be similar but not identical. We will also make separate visits.
Unless you see reason to the contrary therefore I plan to make this visit to the Foreign Office early next week to Ribbentrop if he is in town; if not, to Von Weizsaecker.39 I am also trying to build up this matter from other directions.
- Ernst von Weizsaecker, State Secretary in the German Foreign Office.↩